Experiment code 18.4.3.24
Experiment Title Effect of organic liquids on growth & yield of turmeric
Research Type Departmental Research
Experiment Background Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) commonly known as Haldiis an annual herbaceous plant and belongs Zingiberaceae family. India is leading producer and exporter of turmeric in the world. It is cultivated throughout India covering an area of 2.08 lakh hectares with an annual production of 1029 million tonnes and productivity of 5.1 metric tonnes per hectare (Anon., 2016). The world production of turmeric stands around 8,00,000 tonnes, of which the contribution of India has approximately 75-80 per cent. In India, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Kerala are the important states which cultivate turmeric. Gujarat occupies an area of 1400 ha with the production of 16510 tones. Out of that, South Gujarat is about 14500 tones covering an area of about 1000 hectares. Foliar feeding is a way of supplying supplemental doses of major and minor nutrients, plant hormones, stimulants and other beneficial substances. Cow urine used as foliar spray is not only effective in the management of pathogens and insects, but also acts as effective growth promoter for the crop. However, Panchagavya is an efficient plant growth stimulant that enhances the biological efficiency of crops. It also used to activate biological reactions in the soil and to protect the plants from disease incidence (Gore and Sreenivasa, 2009) whereas, the Jeevamruth promotes immense biological activity in plant and enhance nutrient availability to crop. The Novel organic liquid is available from banana pseudo stem and it contains good amount of essential macro and micronutrients as well as growth boosters also (Salunkhe, 2010).
Experiment Group Horticulture
Unit Type (02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit (13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Department (216)Plantation Spices Medicinal and Aromatic,ACHF, Navsari
BudgetHead (329/18930/01)329/48/REG/00859
Objective

To evaluate the foliar application of different organic liquid sources on growth, yield and quality of turmeric cv. GNT-2

Season Kharif
Location Unit Type (02)EDUCATION UNIT
Location Unit (13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Location Department (216)Plantation Spices Medicinal and Aromatic,ACHF, Navsari
Plot No D-4
PI Name (NAU-EMP-2013-000911)PANKAJ PANDURANG BHALERAO
PI Email pankaj5bhalerao@nau.in
PI Mobile 9662532827
Year of Approval 2022
Commencement Year 2022
Completion Year 2025
Design of Experiment

RBD

Crop Spacing (cm x cm)

30cm x 20cm (Raised bed sysytem)

Gross Plot (m x m) 4.0 m x4.0 m (No. of plants=240)
Net Plot (m x m) 1.20 m x 2.40 m(No. of plants=48)
Total Experiment Area (m2) 528 m2
Plot History Last Three Year
Initial Soil Sample Analysis Report

NA

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Layout Plan

NA

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Treatment

Treatments

Organic liquid sources

Concentrations

T1

Panchagavya

4%

T2

Panchagavya

5%

T3

Novel organic liquid nutrients

1%

T4

Novel organic liquid nutrients

2%

T5

Jeevamrut

4%

T6

Jeevamrut

5%

T7

Humic acid

0.1%

T8

Humic acid

0.2%

T9

Cow urine

4%

T10

Cow urine

5%

T11

No spray

-

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(NAU-EMP-2013-000911) PANKAJ PANDURANG BHALERAO pankaj5bhalerao@nau.in 9662532827 17-01-2023
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(NAU-EMP-2006-000864) BHUPENDRABHAI MOHANBHAI TANDEL hariombhupi@nau.in 8128990453 15/05/2022
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(NAU-EMP-2008-000970) VINAY KARSANBHAI PARMAR vkparmar@nau.in 9428603900 15/05/2022
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Turmeric GNT-2